Yet Another Way for Gmail to Track You Down

If you sit in the same office all day long, this feature isn’t going to excite you too much.

If you’re a person who’s always “on the go”, however, this might be something kind of cool, or not, depending on how much privacy you want to have.

The newest feature from Gmail Labs lets you add your location to the signature.

To try it, turn on Location in Signature from the Labs tab under Settings, then go to your signature preferences and check the box next to “Append your location to the signature.”

Your location is determined by your public IP address, which means it won’t always work perfectly. If you want more precise location detection, install a version of Google Gears that supports the location module.

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